(this is another entry that i transferred from one of the lost january artices from my old blog) the following thoughts are inspired by a conversation in daily dose of queer about gender identies: what’s an identity? what do i need it for? why do others need me to have an identity? is an identity… Continue reading identities vs. labels
Category: creativity: poetry, art, etc.
overcoming codependency
once in a while i post poetry here. it helps process our thoughts and feelings. but there’s no limit to the art forms we can use to express ourselves. here is the drawing of a friend of mine, literally depicting what’s going on inside his head, inspired by a list of codependent behaviours he found… Continue reading overcoming codependency
gender freedom
as my dear readers know, one of the blogs i watch is daily dose of queer, where i found a link to jay sennett’s blog. he’s looking for bloggers to review a new anthology called “self organizing men” – women transitioning into malehood (or FtM, as it’s often called). good for him to use blogvertising… Continue reading gender freedom
my latest newsletter
hi – thought i’d post my latest “what’s new” email here … here we go … dear friends – the other day i was walking by my garden and all of a sudden it hit me: this is starting to look like the garden i had always dreamed of! a little wild and chaotic, with… Continue reading my latest newsletter
butterfly chaos – a hypertext poem
what do you know about the flapping of the butterfly – the light flap, soft flap, timid flap, the one that makes no noise, disturbs no sleeper, that is so utterly erasable, and much more insignificant than sand paintings in eastern gardens … and what is there to know about this miniscule event, what insight,… Continue reading butterfly chaos – a hypertext poem
being invisible
back in the 90s, i took a women’s studies course and as part of that, i was supposed to participate in an event during women’s day week. the report on this still evokes a lot of feeling in me about being a woman artist, being (in)visible, trying to swim against the stream… here is an… Continue reading being invisible
a narrow discipline
i have in my bathroom a hidden place where i scatter words. it’s true! behind my old pink mary kay bag, between it and
inflicting beliefs?
in ragamuffin’s most recent blog entry, there is talk about the writer, steve, inflicting beliefs on someone, concerning his post on “top 10 reasons why men shouldn’t be ordained“. what interests me – what does it mean to “inflict” a belief on someone? it conjures up an image of capture and wounding. i’m thinking of… Continue reading inflicting beliefs?
biting the dog
i was digging around some old files and found this, a short story i wrote which came out of a journal entry which was turned into a poem and then another poem and then this … i’ll tell you that process another time. it’s quite interesting, i think. for now, i got it in my… Continue reading biting the dog
women, therapy and blogging
a few interesting thoughts on women and blogging: Writing, as a form of therapy, is as old as ink itself. Universally understood as a transformative process, the simple act of putting pen to page can effectively jump start personal growth and healing. Over the years I’ve had more than a handful of sessions on a… Continue reading women, therapy and blogging